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This is an innovative human-powered generator note book that works by repeatedly tugging on a string in a motion similar to firing up a gas-powered lawnmower. The team at Squid designed the external generator so that one minute of pulling yields ten minutes of computing. Another feature of this system is that it can be configured for 1) users can either hold the device in one hand and pull the string with the other, or 2) clamp it to a desk and operate the string with their legs. We'll be seeing classrooms of string-pulling students when the laptop finally goes into mass production next year.

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